The Wandering Minstrel

The never ending campaign mode continues tonight, when John Walsh, known for using his show to capture bad guys, will relinquish some time for an interview with the obamination. I’m not sure what the Obaminable Showman has to say, and, frankly, I couldn’t care less. It’s predictably going to be a combination of congratulating Walsh for the 1000th show and some of the usual “look at what a bitchin’ job my administration is doing about crime.”

By trying the 9/11 terrorists in New York City? Right.

The Better Half, no doubt, will steer the satellite tuner somewhere else during the interview, like the Outdoor Channel to watch some turkeys getting their heads blown off while the obamination shoots his mouth off.

When I get Fat Man and Little Boy home for cleanup after a session at the target range, It takes me less than a minute to get both of them field stripped. The Better Half took this image back in 2008 when ammo availability and prices were in their pre-Obamination modes - that is plenty of ammo and prices were reasonable.

I seldom take both Glocks to the range these days. Although I do have some ammo stockpiled, it just seems like we only take a semi-auto pistol or a revolver for each of us and a couple of the shotguns. Now, there is also a problem with the shotgun ammo since the range only allows slugs or double-ought buckshot, which is also quite a bit more expensive than birdshot/target loads.

The good news is that the cleanup job takes less time.

Obama must have been having a Karl Childers moment.

A’right then . . .

Original Flash™ animation by Minstrel. Broken Obamunism logo available from and courtesy of The Patriot Post.

Charles Krauthammer (center in the photo) regularly appears on the Fox Special Report, in the Fox All-Stars segment. The discussion turned to the Obamination’s declaration that he would rather be a “really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.” Mr Krauthammer replied as to what an asinine statement it was:

Well, there is a third option he didn’t consider, which is that he could be a mediocre one-term president, and that’s what he has been thus far in his first year. And because mediocrity does not usually encourage the electorate to re-elect you, that might account for being a one-termer.

Mr. Krauthammer also elaborated on the outcome of the special election in Massachusetts for the People’s Senate Seat:

I think what’s even more astonishing than the result in Massachusetts last week was the Democrats’ response over the weekend in how they understood the election. It was a marvel of obliviousness, obtuseness, and unbelievably condescending arrogance. [more]

Via NRO.

UPDATE: Linoge points out that the expression “damn sight” is perhaps a bit too anachronistic for younger readers (see his comment below). In the context above, it means there is a significant effort remaining.

I got this poster today in an email from a former colleague, who correctly observes:

These were [created by] our parents. What in God’s name have we let happen?

I guess we are the last generation to see, or even remember anything like these [posters]? Whatever happened? Political correctness (or “re-education”) happened, lack of God’s name happened, lack of personal responsibility happened, lack of personal integrity and honesty happened, lack of respect and loyalty to our country happened, lack of being an American happened.

The Obamination and many in power in both houses of Congress seem to want the “Fight for America” and “Fight the Enemy” spirit to disappear. They demonstrate this by reading Miranda to terrorists, prosecuting men and women in the armed forces for “crimes,” and staging massive terror “circus trials” in order to demean the War on Terror.

Much of the WWII “get behind the troops” spirit seems to be gone.

(As an aside, note the venerable 1911 pistol the soldier in the poster is holding.)

Michael Goodwin offers the obvious in a NY Post column:

We the people of the United States owe Scott Brown’s supporters a huge debt of gratitude. They didn’t merely elect a senator. They ripped the façade off the Obama presidency.

Just as Dorothy and Toto exposed the ordinary man behind the curtain in “The Wizard of Oz,” the voters in Massachusetts revealed that, in this White House, there is no there there.

It’s all smoke and mirrors, bells and whistles, held together with glib talk, Chicago politics and an audacious sense of entitlement.

At the center is a young and talented celebrity whose worldview, we now know, is an incoherent jumble of poses and big-government instincts. His self-aggrandizing ambition exceeds his ability by so much that he is making a mess of everything he touches.

He never advances a practical idea. Every proposal overreaches and comes wrapped in ideology and a claim of moral superiority. He doesn’t listen to anybody who doesn’t agree with him.

Emphasis added.

Via NRO

Despite the Massachusetts referendum on healthcare reform on Tuesday, the Obamination fully intends to jam it down our throat (or up our collective ass - you choose the metaphor).

From Mark Alexander in the Patriot Post:

On Wednesday, 27 January, Barack Hussein Obama will deliver his first “State of the Union” speech as president, a self evaluation of his first year’s achievements.

Sprinkled between his infamous “let me be clear” or “make no mistake” introduction to his lies, he will, characteristically, attempt to spin a plethora of failures into something including these phony fallback phrases: back from the brink; signs of recovery; restored our reputation; achieved some successes; more work yet to do; fiscal restraint; greed on Wall Street; affordable health care; relief for working families; job creation.

He’ll also use the word “inherited,” as in “I inherited this mess.” He’ll speak of “unprecedented” reforms or achievements or challenges. And he’ll mention “those who seek to do us harm,” but he won’t dare utter the term “Islamic terrorists.” [more]

Image: a sneering Obama sending America his very best “Screw You.”